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printable

[prin-tuh-buh l]
adjective
  1. capable of being printed.
  2. suitable for publication; fit to print.
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Origin of printable

First recorded in 1830–40; print + -able
Related formsprint·a·bil·i·ty, print·a·ble·ness, nounnon·print·a·ble, adjective
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Historical Examples

  • It was "printable," and it did come out in print—that was something!

    Missy

    Dana Gatlin

  • They were told in language not to be found in any printable book.

    Sea Warfare

    Rudyard Kipling

  • This is not what Callahan said: it is merely a printable paraphrase of his rejoinder.

    The Grafters

    Francis Lynde

  • I can write little that is printable about these aesthetic crimes.

  • That appealed to me as printable, but where to put it in the paper?

British Dictionary definitions for printable

printable

adjective
  1. capable of being printed or of producing a print
  2. suitable for publication
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Derived Formsprintability or printableness, noun
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Word Origin and History for printable

adj.

1820 as "capable of being printed;" 1838 as "suitable to be published in print," from print (v.) + -able. Related: Printability.

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